Vermont

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin on May 14, 2013, approved amendments to the state’s equal pay law to promote gender pay equity and foster more “family friendly” workplaces by protecting employees who share wage information with their co-workers and by requiring employers to consider requests for flex

The Vermont Department of Labor has announced that, effective January 1, 2013, the state minimum wage will increase from $8.46 to $8.60 per hour for non-exempt employees. Additionally, the minimum wage for tipped employees increases from $4.10 to $4.17 per hour. Moreover, the maximum tip credit empl

The Vermont Parental and Family Leave Act does not require employers to allow the accrual of paid vacation and sick time during an unpaid parental leave, the Vermont Supreme Court has held. Vermont Human Rights Comm’n & Stanley v. Vermont Agency of Transp., 2012 VT 45 (June 8, 2012). Observing that

On May 17, 2012, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed Vermont Act No. 154 (S. 95), which prohibits employers, subject to certain exceptions, from using or inquiring into an applicant or employee's credit report or "credit history" for employment purposes. Relying on a variety of statistics regardin

Effective July 1, 2012, Vermont joins California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, and Washington as jurisdictions that restrict an employer’s right to obtain and use credit information for making employment decisions. Similar legislation is pending in many other jurisdictions. Furth